Today was a long day for Allyson, however she was remarkable during her appointment which began during her normal nap time and lasted an hour and half. Allyson was not to have a big breakfast before her appointment and very little food if possible. We were fortunate enough to have Allyson sleep until 8:15 this morning. I had her diaper bag filled of food and ready to walk out the door by 8:30. We arrived at Mary Freebed at 9:05 (we cannot wait until all this construction is down with downtown) we checked in and our 9:30 appointment began at 9:50. I waited as long as I could to not give Allyson very much and it was time for her to drink her milk. Miss. Ellen could not have come at a better time to take us back. It did not take long for Miss. Ellen to figure out what Allyson is doing. Miss. Ellen (whom I hope is Allyson therapist all the time) confirmed our thoughts and also identified another issue that needs to be addressed. L Allyson’s tongue is not working the way it should at all which was our thoughts upon taking her in. However she is also not drinking the way she should either. However our ped did not ask for a videography swallow and she was going to recommend to the ped that this particular evaluation should be done. When Allyson is drinking she is gulping and the milk is splashing in the back of her throat against her wind pipe. This can cause issues much later (age 3) for her throat and wind pie. Allyson when eating is not swallowing properly or handing solid food textures properly. If you swallow think about each step your tongue takes. It curls, pulls to the side a bit and touches the top by the little rough part. Allyson’s tongue does not do this at all it flounders around in her mouth kind of like a wave…now try and make your tongue do that! Hard to do huh!! Her tongue does not know that it needs to go to the side of her cheek to reach food and to begin to gum it. So with that being said we have been officially referred for Oral Mouth Therapy 2x’s a week for up to 12 weeks! We were given homework to complete between now and our first appointment while we wait for our insurance approval to schedule the visits.
There is nothing we could have done to prevent this from occurring, and looking back it all makes sense from the time she was born and we had difficulty breastfeeding.
On another side not Miss. Ellen kept complimenting on how well Allyson was behaved and how easy going she was. She was not scared at all and was very willing to work with her. She was astounded at how Allyson is learning very quickly on how to balance her self and was quite impressed with her limited walking skills are when she has the support or an object. :)
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